I live and knit in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since the founding of Stitch ‘n Bitch Utrecht I knit along there every Tuesday night. To improve the communucation between the groups and supply information I made Stitch ‘n Bitch Nederland in 2005.

In January 2009 my company The Dutch Knitters had been founded. In the capacity of The Dutch Knitters I give classes in The Netherlands and abroad. The course Advanced Knitting (Het Betere Breiwerk), a serious 8-lesson course for advanced knitters is given at least twice a year in Amsterdam and Driebergen. In 2014 the follow-up course Het Hogere Breiwerk will start. At fairs and knitting events The Dutch Knitters often organise knitting related activities, like a cosy Dutch Knitting Café.

On Thursdays I work in De Afstap, the woolshop in the heart of Amsterdam.

Together with my knitting friends I made study trips to Estonia in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 to participate in Estonian knitting courses and to study the local knitting culture. In 2012 and 2013 I went on study trips to Sweden and in 2014 I will visit the Baltic States.

In October 2011 The Dutch Knitters published their first book Warm Hands – Estonian Mittens and Wrist Warmers. The book contains designs for eleven mittens and two wrist warmers. Currently I’m writing a book about the Swedish knitting technique twined knitting. This book is published in September-October 2014.

In 2006 en 2007 I was one of the organisors for the national Stitch ‘n Bitch-Day in November in Rotterdam.

January 2006 Handwerken zonder Grenzen issue no.134 Traditional cardigans in a new style – design two children’s cardigans using the designs of two cardigans from an Ariadne of 1963 (project by five Stitch n’ Bitch-Utrecht members).

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I started the knitting project SamplerM in 2005. Through this Yahoo-group worldwide almost a thousand knitters knit a copy of an antique knitting sampler. After having finished this Sampler M you can continue with Sampler CM, a sampler composed of antique stitch patterns. In 2007 more knitters want to use patterns from Japanese knitting books. I started the Yahoo-group Knitting in Japan in order to give knitters from all over the world the opportunity to decipher the patterns together. With almost a thousand members this group is a big success as well. In 2008 I started the Yahoo-group Twined Knitting and in 2009 Knitting in Estonia op.

About me

CarlaM lives and knits in Utrecht in the center of the
Netherlands. Contact: info@thedutchknitters.nl